Camberley
Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around 29 miles south-west of central London.

Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around 29 miles south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire. Known originally as "Cambridge Town", it was assigned its current name by the General Post Office in 1877.
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Worth seeing in and around Camberley
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough
Saint Michael's Abbey is a Benedictine abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, which belongs to the English Province of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation. The small community is known for its liturgy, its pipe organ, and its liturgical publishing and printing.
4.3 km · abbey in Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 02FAST Museum
The Farnborough Air Sciences Trust museum holds a collection of aircraft, satellites, simulators, wind tunnel and Royal Aircraft Establishment-related material. It is based in Farnborough, Hampshire immediately adjacent to Farnborough Airfield on the A325 Farnborough Road.
5.9 km · aviation museum in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Sixth Form College, Farnborough
The Sixth Form College Farnborough is a sixth form college situated in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. It caters for around 3,915 students and admission is mostly from schools in the local areas of Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
3.5 km · sixth form college in Farnborough, Hampshire, England · Wikipedia - 04St Tarcisius Church, Camberley
St Tarcisius Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Camberley, Surrey. It was built between 1923 and 1924 and was designed by Frederick Walters.
700 m · grade II listed church in Camberley, Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths
Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths is a 1,696.3-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire and Surrey that extend from a minority of the parish of Crowthorne including around Broadmoor Hospital in the west to Bagshot south-east, Bracknell north-east, and Sandhurst, south. It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.
4.1 km · historical site in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Poors Allotment
Poors Allotment is a 76-hectare nature reserve north of Camberley in Surrey. It is owned by Windlesham United Charities and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
3 km · park · Wikipedia - 07Camberley Theatre
Camberley is a town in north-west Surrey, England, around 29 miles south-west of central London. It is in the Borough of Surrey Heath and is close to the county boundaries with Hampshire and Berkshire.
300 m · 400 seat Theatre in Surrey, England · Wikipedia - 08The Concrete Elephant
The Concrete Elephant is a sculpture and local landmark standing along the A30 in Camberley on approach to The Meadows roundabout. It was created by Barbara Jones for Trollope & Colls for the Lord Mayor's Show held on the 19 November 1963, carried on a yellow low loader with a pink and grey cab behind a person dressed as a zebra carrying a zebra crossing pole and light and a red post office telephone box.
2 km · white concrete sculpture of an elephant in Camberley, UK · Wikipedia - 09Minley Manor
Minley Manor is a Grade II* listed country manor house, located within a Grade II registered garden, built in the French Gothic style by Henry Clutton in the 1860s with further additions in the 1880s. The Manor is situated 2 miles north of junction 4A of the M3 between Farnborough and Yateley in Hampshire, England and is situated in 80 acres of grounds.
6 km · 19th-century English country manor house · Wikipedia - 10Wellington College Bog
Wellington College Bog is a 6.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the grounds of Wellington College on the northern outskirts of Sandhurst in Berkshire. The site features a valley bog, which is one of the richest in the county, in terms of bryophytes and flowering plants, containing several species which are uncommon or rare in southern Britain.
5.1 km · site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire, England · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01The Royal Logistics Corps Museum
- 02Frimley Lodge Park
Free car parking, woodland and lots of open space, picnic areas, two children's playgrounds, a trim trail, miniature railway and meadows.
- 03Basingstoke Canal
Mytchett Place Road, Mytchett (can be accessed via Frimley Lodge Park).
- 04St Tarcisius Church
227 London Road.
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Things to do
- 01The Camberley Theatre
Offers a varied program of events to suit all tastes with drama, music, stand-up comedy, children's shows, film screenings and workshops.
- 02The Arena Leisure Centre
Features a 25-m swimming pool, teen gym and a 50-and-over members club.
- 03Camberley Heath Golf Club
Golf Drive,.
- 04Windlesham Golf Club
Grove End, Bagshot, GU19 5HY,.
- 05Pine Ridge Golf Centre
WDF World Darts Championship: 1–9 January 2022.
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Where to eat
- 01El Pic Tapas Bar
177 London Road,.
- 02Old Thai House
125 London Road,.
- 03So Asia
Eat as much as you like buffet style restaurant with an excellent choice of Chinese, Thai and Indian foods.
- 04Zizzi
50 Park Street,.
- 05Cinnamon
224 Frimley Green Road,.
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Getting to Camberley
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 25 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 44 km · London Luton (LTN), 65 km
- Stations
- Bagshot railway station, 4.9 km · Farnborough North railway station, 3.7 km · Camberley railway station, 200 m · Farnborough (Main) railway station, 4.3 km · Frimley railway station, 2.6 km
- London → Camberley47 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £5–7
- Luton, Luton → Camberley64 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–10
- London, Essex → Camberley47 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £5–7
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Camberley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Camberley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFarnborough has a good network of cycle routes, the majority being either off-road or along lanes segregated from motor traffic.
From Wikivoyage: Farnborough, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Camberley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Camberley
Camberley is 21 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Farnboroughtown in Hampshire, England5 km
- Sandhursttown and civil parish in Berkshire, England4.3 km
- Crowthornetown in Berkshire, England5.2 km
- Surrey Heathlocal government district with Borough status in Surrey, England500 m
- Frimleytown in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey, England, UK2.3 km
- Bagshotvillage in the Surrey Heath borough of Surrey, United Kingdom4.2 km